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As the end credits of Ghaati rolled, the words “The Queen – Anushka Shetty” appeared on screen. It felt apt. Anushka carries a regal presence and has proven across her 20-year career that she can embody powerful characters. Directed by Krish Jagarlamudi, this Telugu film is an action-heavy spectacle, with Anushka playing a woman seeking…
A still from ‘Bad Girl’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If movie reviews were instruction manuals, I’d command you to take a pause and give the film Bad Girl by debutant director Varsha Bharath some hours of your time. This refreshing coming-of-age Tamil film centred around Ramya (played by Anjali Sivaraman) sets out to achieve exactly what…
A still from ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Part 2 | Photo Credit: Netflix It has been nearly a month since Netflix’s Wednesday commenced its anticipated second season. Now, with its final four episodes airing to close out another spooky season at Nevermore Academy, it has never been less clear as to why this season was broken…
Raanna and Priyanka Achar in ‘Elumale’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Elumale (reportedly based on true events)is a romantic thriller and director Punit Rangaswamy has seamlessly blended both the genres in his debut effort. Powered by earnest performances from Raanna and Priyanka Achar, the movie is a triumphant product of a clever script. Revathi (Priyanka…
A still from ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. | Photo Credit: Netflix/YouTube The Thursday Murder Club would have done much better as a series. Based on the first of Richard Osman’s book series, featuring four pensioners solving crimes from their posh retirement home, Cooper’s Chase, the film would have worked better as a show rather than…
A still from ‘The Thursday Murder Club’. | Photo Credit: Netflix/YouTube The Thursday Murder Club would have done much better as a series. Based on the first of Richard Osman’s book series, featuring four pensioners solving crimes from their posh retirement home, Cooper’s Chase, the film would have worked better as a show rather than…
Pawan Kumar and Siri Ravikumar in ‘Shodha’. | Photo Credit: Zee5 Kannada/YouTube Shodha, the latest Kannada original series on ZEE5, is an adaptation of the English play Catch Me If You Can. There have been several cinematic versions of the story, the latest one being Khoj, the Hindi web series starring Sharib Hashmi and Anupriya…
A musical drama loosely inspired by the life of Padma Shri Raj Begum, Songs of Paradise puts into focus the rich poetic culture of Kashmir that often gets buried under the “Files” of jaundiced perceptions. It is the side of Kashmir that we have hardly seen in Bollywood. Set in a time and space when the idea…
Lokah Chapter 1 : Chandra takes you to a different world from the word go, one where a superhuman lives among the mortals. This time, we have a woman, Chandra. The movie, bankrolled by Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films, is a cinematic treat and could even be a lesson for many on how to master the…
A scene from ‘Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Towards the fag end of Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira, when one character asks – “Do you sense any logic in this joke?”, it appears to be one last-ditch effort to convey the filmmaker’s intentions to the audience. Clearly, the film is set in…
